Otello at the ROH
In an interview in 2015, the Royal Opera’s Music Director Antonio Pappano said there are…
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Opera at Iford: Barber of Seville
After a mesmerising la Boheme to open, the 2017 season of Opera at Iford is…
Carmen at The Grange Festival 2017
The sun shone for the opening of the inaugural Grange Festival’s new production of Carmen,…
La Rondine at Opera Holland Park
Opera Holland Park, carrying something of the mantle for staging lesser-known works, revisit La Rondine…
La bohème: Opera at Iford
The annual Iford Festival Opera is undoubtedly my favourite way to experience this most emotive…
Nicholas Hytner’s Don Carlo
Don Carlo is sometimes described as Verdi’s masterpiece. It is equally often referred to as…
Carousel at the London Coliseum
Expectations were high on the press night of English National Opera’s new version of Rodgers…
An American in Paris
The 1951 film was a colourful reverie starring Gene Kelly and a 17-year-old Leslie Caron…
The Grange Festival 2017
World premières, stunning surroundings, a Grade-I listed building, not one but two resident orchestras, and…
The Sixteen: Bach Magnificat
Professional ensemble groups like The Sixteen led by Harry Christophers, and the Tallis Scholars led…
The Pirates of Penzance at the ENO
This was bound to happen. Mike Leigh’s original ENO production of The Pirates of Penzance…
Written on Skin at the ROH
When George Benjamin’s Written on Skin debuted at Aix en Provence five years ago it…